[Dobbin Reading] · Centre for Early Modern Visual Culture · Center for Early Modern Visual Culture

Title: [Dobbin Reading]
Subject: Boys; Reading; Bullying; Children; Children in literature; Childhood and youth; Schools; Fiction; fictional works; Fictitious characters; Manners and customs
Period: 1800-1850;
Geographic: England; Europe
Description: William Dobbin sits slouched against the base of a tree, reading a book. In the far background are the buildings of Dr. Swishtail’s academy. Near the buildings are a few distant figures of boys playing games. Between Dobbin and the buildings, on the right side of the image, Cuff holding George Osborne by the collar and threatening him.
Image Creator: William Makepeace Thackeray (Engraver)
Type: StillImage; Steel-plate engraving
Identifier: mta:22288
Language: eng
Source Name: Vanity Fair A Novel without a Hero
Parent Collection: Vanity Fair; Vanity Fair
Image: mta_22288_OBJ.jpg
Collection: Vanity Fair
Subject: Boys; Reading; Bullying; Children; Children in literature; Childhood and youth; Schools; Fiction; fictional works; Fictitious characters; Manners and customs